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I don’t blame someone for trying to make golf a little more interesting by throwing in some theatrics. However, I do blame this woman for not knowing what the hell she’s doing by attempting a flat-footed backflip into a sand trap. This chick knows that sand isn’t exactly foam, right? It’s shallow and hard. If she didn’t know […]

Monster truck racing isn’t the sort of thing that lends itself well to the written word. I mean, anything called Truck-o-suarus has to be seen in person, right? Well, unless you were lucky (I guess) enough to be among the 50,000 monster truck enthusiasts at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, you’re probably going to have […]

Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen several obscure NFL prospects get some social media attention for themselves by performing acrobatic catches and putting the videos online. Such videos are amusing, of course. But the reality is that no NFL team is going to draft a guy just because he caught a football (or […]

There’s not much more to add other than what’s said in the title up top. Just North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen catching two balls while performing a backflip… …And yes, it’s as crazy as it sounds. Check it out: A video posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀тarιĸ coнen (@tarikcohen) on May 26, 2015 at 9:02am PDT […]

You might not be all that knowledgeable about BMX or the laws of physics, and I’m certainly no expert. But from what I do know about these subjects, let me assure you: landing a triple backflip on a mountain bike is hard. Landing a single backflip on a BMX bike is easy for someone who […]

If you’re currently on one of those acrobatic trampoline dunk teams that entertain NBA crowds in between quarters, just stop right now. If you are not going from the trampoline to the rim to the top of the backboard and doing backflips before dunking the ball and landing on your feet, there’s really no point in […]

Former Washington Huskies running back Bishop Shankey probably isn’t going to be selected in the first two rounds of the 2014 NFL draft. He led the Pac-12 in rushing this past season while setting a Huskies record with 1,870 yards, and at the 2014 combine he performed well in the bench, broad jump, three-cone drill, […]

You’d think that performing 44 backflips in a row would earn you two things: a world record and a massive case of dizziness. Unfortunately for Mikayla Clark, it didn’t. The 16-year-old member of the Westlake High School cheerleading team was able to string together an amazing 44 backflips in a row during the Westlake football team’s homecoming […]

I’m not 100% sure what the previous record for backflips on a pogo stick was, but what I do know—judging by the title of this YouTube video—is that there is a new record for backflips on a pogo stick. That new record is 15, and it was accomplished by some dude named Dmitry, who we […]

Doing a backflip while standing, running, biking, or riding a skatebaord can be very dangerous. You can very easily wind up with broken bones and a concussed brain. However, in all but the most extreme cases, the penalty for failure in these endeavors is rarely death. That is not the case when one tries to […]

I’m not a skateboarding expert. In fact, I’m not even a skateboarding novice, as I know very little about the sport at all. Sure, I know that Tony Hawk was kind of a big deal, and I’ve heard of a few other guys like Ryan Sheckler and Bob Bunrquist (thanks, X-Games!). Also, for some reason […]

Imagine, for a moment, that you are an amateur wrestler taking part in an underground wrestling event being held at a local high school. Now ask yourself: would you feel confident allowing a 300+ pound amateur opponent to perform the very difficult “moonsault” on you? What’s that, you don’t know what the moonsault is? Well, […]

Major League Baseball’s amateur draft doesn’t get half the attention that the NFL, NBA, or NHL drafts get. That’s because, for the most part, the draft in baseball is much less of a sure thing. Sure, the other leagues have had their share of draft busts, but you can still be relatively confident that at […]

In an effort to spice up their programming, the NBA on TNT has organized a “Shirts Off” contest between Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley for May 15. We have already heard all about Barkley’s efforts to lose weight and get back into shape, and during halftime of last night’s game between the New York Knicks […]

Two years ago Jason Pierre-Paul impressed everyone with his 15 consecutive back-flips at the NFL Combine prior to the 2010 NFL Draft. The South Florida Bulls’ defensive end would end up getting drafted by the New York Giants with the 15th overall pick in that draft. During his second season with the team, he recorded […]